BIO202: BIODIVERSITY
Spring 2011
Instructors: Anne MarkwithJ. Craig Bailey, PhD
1333 Center for Marine Science2339 Center for Marine Science
962-2325962-2371 or 2372
Office hours: 9:30-11AM FR1002A Office hours: 9:30-11AM FR1002A or, by appointment or, by appointment
Lecture Time: Tues and Thurs 8:00AM – 9:15AM
Location:Dobo 134
Course overview:
This course provides a general introduction to the diversity of life on our planet and is designed primarily, but not exclusively, for students majoring in the biological sciences. It is a prerequisite for many upper level courses in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology. Lectures will focus on the classification, evolution, morphology, and physiology of the major lineages of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, with particular emphases on plants and animals. Lectures will be 75 minutes in length and are held twice each week. Laboratory sections are held once each week for two hours and 50 minutes. Students earn four hours of credit.
Required texts:
For lecture: Biodiversity BIO202: Custom Edition for UNCW. McGraw Hill, ISBN-13:978-0-07-746109-6
For laboratory: Biology 202 Laboratory Course pak, available FREE online at: and
A Photographic Atlas for the Biology Laboratory, revised 5th edition, 2005. Authors:Kent M. Van De Graaff and John L. Crawley
Publisher: Morton Publishing Company
ISBN: 0895826844
Course grades:
4 mandatory lecture exams worth 100 points each 400 pts
4 quizzes worth 15 points each 60 pts
Laboratory grade200 pts
Total640 pts
All lecture exams are mandatory and will be multiple choice format. Exam dates are indicated on the syllabus lecture outline. The 4th lecture exam taken during finals week will not be cumulative, it will only cover material since the 3rd exam. Quizzes will be unannounced and will constitute 60 points of your total. Quizzes will be based on material from recent lectures that was not likely on the lecture outlines, therefore attendance at lectures will be most beneficial. Your laboratory grade will account for 200 points of your total. We will not offer extra credit assignments, do not ask. Grades will be assigned using a strict 10 pt scale employing the +/- system.
Attendance: You are expected to attend all lectures and laboratory sessions. We will not take attendance at lecture, but the unannounced quizzes are designed to reward those students who attend lecture regularly. Stated clearly, attending lectures consistently and taking good lecture notes gives you the best opportunity to achieve a high grade in this course. We will do our best to keep your interest at a high level during lectures and we encourage thoughtful questions and discussion during class whenever material is not clear.
Make-up policy: All exams, including the final, are mandatory. If you miss an exam, you must provide written documentation of your reason. Unexcused absences from exams will result in a grade of 0 points. If you miss one exam with an excused absence, you will be given a makeup exam that may be essay format. You must contact us within 48 hours of a missed exam for the possibility of a makeup exam to be considered. If you know about a legitimate conflict with an exam date ahead of time, you should contact us as soon as possible to make arrangements. Absence from two exams, regardless of excuse, will result in a course grade of ‘F’. A missed quiz will result in a grade of 0 points,absolutelyno make-ups are given for missed quizzes.
*Please read over the University Honor Code in the Student Handbook, all forms of cheating are subject to disciplinary action.
Office Hours: Our office hours are given above. This is a large class and the best way for us to get to know you better is by stopping by to introduce yourself and to not hesitate to come by to discuss anything related to the course. If you stop in, you’ll find that we are very nice.
BIO202 Lecture ScheduleReading assignments
13 JanCourse introduction: OriginsChap 1
18 JanOrganization of cellsChap 6
20 JanPhylogeny and evolutionChap 2-5
25 JanProkaryotes and virusesChap 7
27 JanProtistsChap 8
01 FebAlgaeChap 8
03 FebFungiChap 9
08 FebEXAM I
10 FebBryophytesChap 10
15 FebFerns and lycopodsChap 11
17 FebGymnospermsChap 12
22 FebAngiospermsChap 13, 14
24 FebFlowers, fruits and seedsChap 14
01 MarEXAM II
03 MarIntroduction to Science of Zoology
08 MarAnimal complexity and body plansChap 20
10 Mar Porifera and CnidariansChap 21, 22
15 MarNO CLASS
17 MarNO CLASS
22 MarAcoelomatesChap 23
24 MarMolluscs and AnnelidsCap 24, 25
29 Mar ArthropodsChap 26
31 Mar ArthropodsChap 26
05 AprEXAM III
07 AprEchinoderms and HemichordatesChap 27
12 AprEarly chordates and fishesChap 28, 29
14 AprAmphibians and reptilesChap 30, 31
19 AprBirds and MammalsChap 32, 33
21 AprNO CLASS
26 AprSpecies interactionsChap 34
28 AprCommunity ecologyChap 35
05 MayExam IV 8-11 AM DO 134
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